Comments on: Visio & AutoCAD http://www.visguy.com/2006/10/26/visio-autocad/ Shapes, Stencils, Drawings Templates, Tutorials, Tips & Developer Info for Microsoft Visio Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:59:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Mario Gallardo http://www.visguy.com/2006/10/26/visio-autocad/comment-page-1/#comment-21328 Mario Gallardo Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:27:46 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/2006/10/26/visio-autocad/#comment-21328 Am I doing something wrong? I am finding that both Visio Professional 2003 and 2007 have problems Converting the inserted AutoCAD files into Visio shape data. Some shapes have some sort of distant origin point of creation when selected, and other shapes get duplicated. This files include attributes and multiple blocks and layers. To solve my problem, in AutoCAD first explode all blocks, move all enteties into a sigle layer (Layer "0") and Purge All. Am I doing something wrong? I am finding that both Visio Professional 2003 and 2007 have problems Converting the inserted AutoCAD files into Visio shape data. Some shapes have some sort of distant origin point of creation when selected, and other shapes get duplicated. This files include attributes and multiple blocks and layers. To solve my problem, in AutoCAD first explode all blocks, move all enteties into a sigle layer (Layer “0″) and Purge All.

]]> By: Visio Guy » Blog Archive » Bubble Revision Shapes http://www.visguy.com/2006/10/26/visio-autocad/comment-page-1/#comment-18471 Visio Guy » Blog Archive » Bubble Revision Shapes Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:55:25 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/2006/10/26/visio-autocad/#comment-18471 [...] Visio & AutoCAD Share this article! These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] Visio & AutoCAD Share this article! These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> By: Visio Guy » Blog Archive » Importing Images as Backgrounds for Scaled Drawings http://www.visguy.com/2006/10/26/visio-autocad/comment-page-1/#comment-18274 Visio Guy » Blog Archive » Importing Images as Backgrounds for Scaled Drawings Wed, 21 May 2008 21:44:12 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/2006/10/26/visio-autocad/#comment-18274 [...] If you have a drawing in AutoCAD or DXF format, then Visio will help you with scaling when you import it. For more on the fine-details of working with Visio and AutoCAD, see: Visio & AutoCAD. [...] [...] If you have a drawing in AutoCAD or DXF format, then Visio will help you with scaling when you import it. For more on the fine-details of working with Visio and AutoCAD, see: Visio & AutoCAD. [...]

]]> By: Simon Drake http://www.visguy.com/2006/10/26/visio-autocad/comment-page-1/#comment-944 Simon Drake Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:08:24 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/2006/10/26/visio-autocad/#comment-944 Thanks Visio Guy for putting up so many resources, one day I hope to upload some too! Thanks Visio Guy for putting up so many resources, one day I hope to upload some too!

]]> By: Visio Guy http://www.visguy.com/2006/10/26/visio-autocad/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Visio Guy Mon, 13 Nov 2006 06:29:12 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/2006/10/26/visio-autocad/#comment-37 Hey Lauren, Visio supported the importing of Microstation DGN at one point in the past (Visio 5 and Visio 2000, I believe), but they have since removed that functionality. Bummer! There's more cool historical info about Visio <a href="http://visio.mvps.org/History.htm" rel="nofollow">here.</a> Hey Lauren,

Visio supported the importing of Microstation DGN at one point in the past (Visio 5 and Visio 2000, I believe), but they have since removed that functionality. Bummer!

There’s more cool historical info about Visio here.

]]> By: Lauren Scott http://www.visguy.com/2006/10/26/visio-autocad/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Lauren Scott Mon, 13 Nov 2006 04:14:23 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/2006/10/26/visio-autocad/#comment-36 Do you know anything about the compatibility (or lack of) with Visio and Microstation? Do you know anything about the compatibility (or lack of) with Visio and Microstation?

]]> By: Adam Stone http://www.visguy.com/2006/10/26/visio-autocad/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Adam Stone Sat, 28 Oct 2006 01:50:49 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/2006/10/26/visio-autocad/#comment-22 Hey Chris, thanks for the plug. As you pointed out I have been struggling with this issue for years. For some reason my complaints fell of deaf ears at MS all that time. However the last beta I tested of Visio 2007 solved or addressed every issue I have encountered with previous versions. If these enhancements make it into the shipping version I think we can finally put this issue to rest. Hey Chris, thanks for the plug. As you pointed out I have been struggling with this issue for years. For some reason my complaints fell of deaf ears at MS all that time. However the last beta I tested of Visio 2007 solved or addressed every issue I have encountered with previous versions. If these enhancements make it into the shipping version I think we can finally put this issue to rest.

]]> By: Mark Nelson (MS) http://www.visguy.com/2006/10/26/visio-autocad/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Mark Nelson (MS) Fri, 27 Oct 2006 05:43:07 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/2006/10/26/visio-autocad/#comment-20 Hi Chris! Thanks for reminding me that I owe everyone another CAD integration post over on Visio Insights. Here was the first post: http://blogs.msdn.com/visio/archive/2006/07/25/676957.aspx A key piece of information to include is the DWG and DXF file versions supported: AutoCAD 2000 (R15) or earlier. I believe that the ACAD 2000 format was still the default format in AutoCAD 2002. Beyond that you have to save drawings back before working with them in Visio. My own take on CAD integration is that Visio 2003 made some great strides in simplifying the user experience and supporting more entities on export, but we made some significant mistakes as well. The result is the customer pain that Adam Stone describes so well. A few critical issues got resolved in Visio 2003 service packs but not all. We've made a concerted effort to get this right in Visio 2007. When you get a chance to check it out, let me know how we did. Hi Chris! Thanks for reminding me that I owe everyone another CAD integration post over on Visio Insights. Here was the first post: http://blogs.msdn.com/visio/archive/2006/07/25/676957.aspx

A key piece of information to include is the DWG and DXF file versions supported: AutoCAD 2000 (R15) or earlier. I believe that the ACAD 2000 format was still the default format in AutoCAD 2002. Beyond that you have to save drawings back before working with them in Visio.

My own take on CAD integration is that Visio 2003 made some great strides in simplifying the user experience and supporting more entities on export, but we made some significant mistakes as well. The result is the customer pain that Adam Stone describes so well. A few critical issues got resolved in Visio 2003 service packs but not all. We’ve made a concerted effort to get this right in Visio 2007. When you get a chance to check it out, let me know how we did.

]]> By: Michael Gannotti http://www.visguy.com/2006/10/26/visio-autocad/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Michael Gannotti Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:47:32 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/2006/10/26/visio-autocad/#comment-19 Hi Chris, Just giving you a little shout out at http://www.mikeysgblog.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=364 Hi Chris,
Just giving you a little shout out at http://www.mikeysgblog.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=364

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